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"""detailed...integrates the perspective of his younger self, relying on letters he wrote home from the war, with a more mature perspective, drawing on military primary sources...extensive glossary""--Reference & Research Book News."

excellent...deserves our full and undivided attention --<i>Leatherneck Magazine</i>; diminishes none of the luster but dispels many of the myths. Finlayson led 34 long-range reconnaissance and surveillance...and ultimately ambush...patrols into some of the most contested areas of the Vietnam War. That the team suffered very few wounded and just one killed...by lightning of all things...is a testament to Finlayson's leadership, skill, and tenacity...accurately depicts operations...forthright...written in a mood of almost ecstatic disquiet...engaging --<i>Proceedings</i>; recommended...well-written...McFarland, has done the serious reader of Marine Corps Officers memoirs a service. This book ranks right up there at the top of the genre's heap --<i>The VVA Veteran</i>; a larger work of wisdom and eloquence that generously gives high tribute and deserved honor. --<i>Catholicism.org</i>; detailed...integrates the perspective of his younger self, relying on letters he wrote home from the war, with a more mature perspective, drawing on military primary sources...extensive glossary --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Recommended...well-written...McFarland, has done the serious reader of Marine Corps Officers memoirs a service. This book ranks right up there at the top of the genre's heap. -- Vietnam Veterans of America Vietnam Veterans of America

"""This is clearly the best book about Marine long-range recon teams in Vietnam--it is also so well written and detailed that it should be required reading by teams and patrols in Marine and Army reconnaissance units today. It also reads almost like a how-to book in such things as what to take on a reconnaissance patrol and why, things to do and not do, and more. Finlayson doesn't hesitate to introduce his team and how valuable each was in completing every mission, nor does he refrain from pointing out the errors he made.... A top 5 recommended book on the Vietnam War.""--Modern War Institute ""a larger work of wisdom and eloquence that generously gives high tribute and deserved honor.""--Catholicism.org ""diminishes none of the luster but dispels many of the myths. Finlayson led 34 long-range reconnaissance and surveillance...and ultimately ambush...patrols into some of the most contested areas of the Vietnam War. That the team suffered very few wounded and just one killed...by lightning of all things...is a testament to Finlayson's leadership, skill, and tenacity...accurately depicts operations...forthright...written in a mood of almost ecstatic disquiet...engaging""--Proceedings ""excellent...deserves our full and undivided attention""--Leatherneck Magazine ""recommended...well-written...McFarland, has done the serious reader of Marine Corps Officers memoirs a service. This book ranks right up there at the top of the genre's heap""--The VVA Veteran ""detailed...integrates the perspective of his younger self, relying on letters he wrote home from the war, with a more mature perspective, drawing on military primary sources...extensive glossary""--Reference & Research Book News."

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Andrew R. Finlayson served for 25 years in the U. S. Marine Corps retiring as a colonel and went on to work in the defense industry in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Romania. He is the author of several defense and intelligence related articles and studies. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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